WhoBuilt

Lever

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Key facts

CEO
Sarah Nahm, CEO
Founded by
Nate Smith, much of the engineering organization
Sarah Nahm
People
Sarah Nahm, CEO
Alumni
Jennifer Kim, one of the very first employees
Launched
Lever Parents ERG, employee resource group
Leverettes, employee resource group for women
Capabilities
Rotating Slack bot assignments made office dish duty equitable
recruiting software, builds recruiting software

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Tech stack & tools

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Tech stack 5

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Timeline 9

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20195 events
  1. as of Jul 2019Capability
    Rotating Slack bot assignments made office dish duty equitable
    “We built a Slack bot that assigned dish duty on a rotation” 41:52
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  2. as of Jul 2019Launch
    Lever launched Lever Parents ERG
    employee resource group
    “The Lever Parents ERG was a group” 51:01
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  3. as of Jul 2019Launch
    Lever launched Leverettes
    employee resource group for women
    “We have Leverettes for the women at Lever” 51:01
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  4. as of Jul 2019Founded
    Nate Smith founded Lever
    much of the engineering organization
    “my engineering org—has largely been built up by my co-founder, Nate Smith” 20:08
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  5. as of Jul 2019People
    Sarah Nahm is CEO at Lever
    “I went from being an individual contributor designer to becoming CEO” 15:14
    Unverified1 source· Talk
20182 events
  1. as of Apr 2018Capability
    builds recruiting software
    builds recruiting software
    “a company that builds recruiting software” 1:46
    Unverified1 source· Talk
  2. as of Apr 2018People
    Jennifer Kim previously at Lever
    one of the very first employees
    “Jennifer was one of the very first employees at Lever” 1:46
    Unverified1 source· Talk
20141 event
  1. 2014People
    Sarah Nahm CEO of Lever
    CEO
    “the team collectively agreed that I should be CEO” 15:14
    Unverified1 source· Talk
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Talks by Lever 1

58:05
Startup Hiring Advice from Lever CEO Sarah Nahm with Holly Liu
Sarah Nahm, Holly Liu

Sarah Nahm explains how her nonlinear path from design and Google led to co-founding Lever and becoming its CEO. She describes how startups can compete for talent through proactive recruiting, long-term relationship building, motivation-fit interviews, and job postings focused on impact. She also shares ways Lever worked to make its culture more inclusive, from rotating office chores to employee resource groups and manager coaching. Her central advice to founders is to treat recruiting and team building as a core part of the job.

Jul 10, 2019· 58 min 0:02

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